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I was looking around for articles and info regarding the 9/11 attacks and the use of Enya's song Only Time in coverage about the devastating events on 11th September 2001. 💭

(I wasn't around 25 years ago but obviously know of the tragedy 💔).

This top link is an audio compilation that seems to have been published in 2020, with archival audio from interviews with Enya. ♡ (Also features her songs Orinoco Flow and It's In The Rain)

This and this recent article talk more about Enya too, and I didn't know this before, that a stockbroker put together the video featuring Only Time which was aired on CNN (I think this features the audio of that same tribute?).

Despite the articles suddenly going on about relationships and suggesting Only Time was originally only about that, there is an element of grief that was linked to the song. 💭 It involved friends whom Enya worked with early on in her solo career, and they recorded the first Altan album at the original Aigle Studio too. 😌🎶 Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's late husband Frankie Kennedy passed away from an aggressive cancer. Similarly to many who primarily associate Only Time with 9/11, she struggles to listen back to the song due to the associated grief.

The proceeds of Enya's re-release were going towards the UFA Widows’ and Children’s Fund, supporting the families of the firefighters involved. This 2003 article may also be of interest; quotes from Enya too. 💛

However you experience the song, and the music of Enya overall, it definitely has a healing quality about it. ♡

As I was adjusting the list of links, I was wondering about this. 😅

These are probably the largest and longest-standing websites full of genuine Enya articles compiled by fans (I think Lucia with enya.sk, and Jackie/Treecat with enyabookofdays.com). 💛🦋📖

For myself (GB/in the UK) enya.sk is working fine, but recently (perhaps in the past few weeks?) I've not been able to get the archive link working for any page on enyabookofdays.com. 🙁 Thankfully I have snippets from screenshots. It was last accessible as a standalone link around 2021, I remember it before having to look through the archive. Now the page doesn't load, or the 429 error pops up. 🙃

If anyone here has access to both, please could you share the general region you're accessing from (or the other way if it's not working for you)? I'm thinking that enya.sk is fine for most across Europe; not sure about enyabookofdays.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000\*/Enyabookofdays.com

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Perhaps my favourite track on Amarantine, and I really like the piano and how this turned out. ♥️ I'll have another Enya stems video but it's a bit longer; it'll be up on my YouTube in a few hours. 😊

This is probably the last post of mine this August; I've already started to scale back posts and commenting on everything 😅 as I will be busy at uni again from next month, doing a master's. Myself and fellow mods will still be around, trying to keep updated, though we may consider recruiting more if things get busy with official news. 👀✨
Intriguing to see so many recent posts! I hope this sub continues to be full of interesting content, and remembers both the joys and reflections of the month ahead. 💛 As well as finding comfort in the beautiful music we already cherish from Enya, be open to Eny-thing new! 😍🎶

Those modal notes and rhythm in particular are similar! When I heard the duo's 1981 song on the radio kind of reminded me of this 💡 (then I made a Rave DJ mashup of them haha).

Also I'm not sure why I hadn't posted on this subreddit before haha. I have a Fancy That CD and Fancy Some More? on cassette and listened the whole way through 😊 I find her production and range of inspirations cool and loveable. 🪄🎶❣️The first song of hers I heard was Just For Me. I was in New Look (rather British I think haha) about 3 years ago and heard it, then searched the song and artist. 😁🎶

The song is The Whole of The Moon originally by The Waterboys in 1985; this cover was by the late Terry Reid 😌 and contributions from Enya ♡

I think the story was that Enya was at the same studio (SARM West; closed in 2013) for the final mixing of Shepherd Moons. Terry wanted some backing vocals, and Enya was definitely up for it! 😁💙🎶

The thing I've been wondering is whether she's also singing the long 'oooh' s beginning at 0:17? I think both are; I mostly hear Enya in the left channel. 😯🎶

I think the harmonies on 'you saw the whole of the moon' are Terry himself, and Enya is definitely the one singing the lovely intro and outro (another clip here) 🥰

Probably a 'Christmas Tree brain' type? (ENTP, INTP, ENFP, INFP ~ (tl;dr mostly stuck between INTP and ENTP; I feel like I understand the latter more.)

In real life I am much less active than I appear online 😅 if I do have a physically busy day, I am basically out of action the next, even though being social for a bit can add a nice bit of variety to my life. I'm kind of 'going thought the motions' and occasionally ramble on about random things. ☺️ I'm a bit of a ditzy type haha, but can be surprisingly organised and knowledgeable in quite niche interests (not autism but likely ADHD-PI and schizoid/schizotypal?) as well as quite random. I really like nature (spending time in/watching from my window), playing about with technology, listening to music, and reflecting on/revisiting things from my childhood (can be joyful or kind of miserable stuff). As a child (and now probably) I was considered shy, quiet, innocent etc. but also cheeky, a rebel, a bit silly sometimes. 😄

In the past I have typed as most of these, and fit descriptions of all of those to some extent. I think over lockdown I was typing as INTP after a little while thinking I was ENFP (typed as that). I have the general gentleness associated with INFPs. However, despite being more aware of myself and things, I'm not much of an Fi nor Te user. I was very Fe at a young age (mistyped as ExFJ when I first took the test) and my thinking (I think :D) is quite similar to Ti. Ne is probably my strongest, but Si is quite strong too (can't tell if that would be an Ne-Si loop).

I've never truly aligned with being an introvert, yet convinced myself I was an extrovert. I can be stuck at home not wanting to interact with people or gladly chatting to those I barely know, and either can 'energise' me, but I feel better in myself with the latter. Maybe I'm an omnivert haha. Also I don't like to stick with the same groups/themes/ideas for too long, yet I don't completely change my image or conversation style much either. I can be dressed up and still be like the same odd girl as I am at home (though a bit more socially/situationally aware I hope).

INTP probably makes the most sense for me, as most of the time I like being alone, with the things I like to ponder over, explore, chat about, listen to etc.. At school I was always regarded as smart/clever one, as well as being quiet. I was chosen to be Velma from Scooby-Doo at playtimes (years before I started wearing glasses) and I later understood why. 🤓

The thing is I get ENTPs (especially the gentler ones) more than most INTPs (this is in real-life, and I'm not especially aligned to any online). They often hold back their 'crazy' energy but it inevitably spills out, to their benefit (witty, fun) or detriment (hurting others). I've unintentionally made people laugh or offended them far too many times. 🙈 I get annoyed when people don't like my ideas or don't consider them valuable (more than if they just don't like how I come across). I find myself correcting people or finishing their sentences, but try to tone down correcting others as some don't like it. I can lead, but I don't like power for the sake of it. I like proving people wrong, but it's a collective win far more than an ego boost. I love contradictions in people's personalities and situations. Rules aren't there to be broken, but bending them is fun. I go against the grain (but like to pinch a bit of it too 🌾). I am feeling under the weather but typing all this anyway. 😅

Feel free to ask more or look at previous posts + comments ☺️)